If you believe in the Mayan predictions, the end of the world is very near. You may think the idea is nothing but absurd, but if you don’t want to be sitting on your sofa when the big day comes, you gotta make sure you go out and appreciate the last hours of life. This week can be the perfect excuse to party or to get some last sips of culture and if by some strange miracles the world doesn’t end on Friday, there is still much going on during the weekend. Decide yourself how the world is going to end with the events after the jump!

Wednesday, December 19

19:00h – JANUARY Biannual ISSUE 03 Launch Party – Premium fashion magazine JANUARY is launching its third issue in collaboration with YUU store at Steinstrasse 26. RSVP to pouline@januarybiannual.com

19:00h – Adam Fearon’s Book Yonder Launch – Irish artist Adam Fearon presents the handmade edition of his book Yonder with a sculptural installation at the Angora complex in Neukölln, Mittelweg 50.

20:00h – Event N°6 | KK-Lesung – Actor Simon Mantei found the perfect way to distress you before the Christmas pressure with a lecture of Edina Picco’s book Späte Sterne, good quiches and wine at ReTramp, Reuterstr. 62. Entrance fee: 3€.

20:30h - All Good Things: Bodi Bill live – Special concert night at Lido with 5 live acts: Body Bill, And The Golden Choir, Tonia Reeh, Klez.e and SDNMT. Make sure you get your ticket at KOKA 36. Doors open at 19:30, Cuvrystrasse 7.

20:00h – Bonaparte Concert - Berlin based band Bonaparte is playing in its hometown for another epic experience. Check out Jens’ article about their performances and enjoy the concert at Astra Kulturhaus, Revaler straße 99. Doors open at 19:00.

22:00h – Das Ende der Welt - The countdown to the apocalypse starts at Salon – zur wilden Renate with a survival training and doomsday preachers. Don’t forget to style yourselves as animal-couples to get a free entrance. Alt-Stralau 70.

23:00h – Cherry – O – Kie/ The Fight is on: “Disco vers. Italo” – Enjoy a new karaoke experience and create your own show at Südblock. For a night full of sequins, mysterious bruises and hits head to Admiralstr. 1-2.

24:00h – Homopatik is MayaPatik – the Berlin hipster gay scene is celebrating the end of the world at ://about blank. Join the party and do all the things you always wanted to do, before you run out of time! Markgrafendamm 24C.

14:00h – Open House 12/12 – Mayflower Vintage Home-Showroom invites you to the last Open House of the year, perfect for some last minute gift shopping for your loved ones and why not, for yourself. Warschauer Straße 64.

21:00h – Kinostalgia #3: Singin’ in the Rain – What a better way to close the year than with some cinema nostalgia and old-style Hollywood glamour? Kinostalgia transport you back in the 1920s with the screening of the extravagant Singin’ in the Rain, followed by a themed party at the charming Villa Neukölln, Hermannstr. 233.